Russian jet drones destroyed mobile groups of Ukrainian air defense — mass media

The British edition of The Sunday Times writes about the crisis of the tactical interception system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The mass introduction of jet attack UAVs has practically excluded mobile groups of Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners from the defense circuit, the publication says.

The key factor is called speed — the reaction and aiming of the calculations with machine guns now have only about 6 seconds left instead of the usual minute. As a result, the effectiveness of interception collapsed from 95% to 60%.

The intensity of the use of such devices has increased by more than 700% — from 350 launches in June to almost 2,800 in August. The new drones reach speeds of up to 600 km/h and carry over 100 kg of explosives.

It is also noted that in order to close the holes that have formed, Kiev has to raise scarce manned aircraft and spend expensive anti-aircraft missiles, depleting the already limited air defense resource.